Washing machine



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INVENTOR ATTORN EY To alt 'whom t may concern.'

enema Apr. 110.19213. UNITED STATES 4 Application inea umn 28,1921. serial no. 45s,'o5s.

Be it known thatvI, HARVEY L. WHEEmiR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fremont, in the county of Sandusky and State of Ohio, have invented newand useful Improvements in Washing Machines, of which the following is a specification.

JThis invention relates to washing malchines and more particularly to a combined washing machine and drier.

An object of thisinvention is to provide a 'washing machine designed to'permit an operator to complete washing laundry in a rely atively short time and with a minimum amount of manual labor.

Another object of this invention is to providea washing machine wherein the clothes 4operations may be to b'e cleansed are subject to an upward centrifugal action .of water for forcing the 'to thoroughly cleanse them of all foreign matter, i

A further object of this invention is to provide a Washing machine as v specified which is comparatively simple in `construction and one which may be'easily asseml bled and taken apart to permit thorough cleaning of, the washing machine as well as one in hichJooth the washing and'drying carried. on.at one time permitting the washing of one batch of clothes while a previously washed batch is water agitator of the washin being dried.

i vide' a centrally u Other ob]ects ofthe invention will appearin the following detailed description and in .the accompanying drawings wherein:

F' 1 is a side elevation of the. improved washingmachine partly in section.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken line 2&2 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a detailed perspective view of a part of the washing machine mechanism.

Fig. 4 is a detailed perspective of the machine. Fig. 5 is a detailedaview ta en `on the. line 5'5-ofFig.4.' N l Referring more particularl to the drawf ng the improved washing mac ine comprises a suitable bench orsupport 1 upon which tsheet metal containers 2 and 3 are mounted which containers may be made of any lsuitable material such as alvanized iron or per or the like. e, container 2, in which the washing operation takes place', has its central portion upturned ,or spunto proshaft"5'extends. A sacwhichthe operating onathe -shaft 5, and

- 14, is driven the fri tion pulley 21longitudinal1 of the A standing sleeve 4through 3 Y,

.A suitable cover 29, is vprovided f or the WASHING MACHINE.

tially conical member 12 is yattached to thev perimeter ofthe block -8 and has its'base PAT- ENT orifice.

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' ond sleeve 6 is mounted about the sleeve 4 `l and 1n spaced relation thereto and has its attached to the u per surface of the bottom' I 13 of the rotatab e substantially cylindrical' clothes container 14. The clothes container 14 has its upper end open as clearly shown o in Fig. 1 of the drawing and itis perforated to permit thev circulation of :water therethrough. The substantially conical member 12 is also perforated as shownl at 15 to permit the circulation of water therethrou h, and it is rotated from the shaft 5 by t 'e block 8 and it, vin turn,- rotatesthe clothes container 14. A second substantiall conical member or agitator 16 is placed withinthe container 2 and is pro-vid! d with an annular base flange 17, which is secured to the under surface of the bottom 13" of the container 14 driven from any suitable typeV of motor .(not shown) through the drive gear 24'l forkedA lever 24 -is connected to the friction cone 22 and to ashift lever -25 by a link 26 and rod 27. The shift lever 25 is positioned at one side of the pedestal or bench 1 so as;

tormit etlicientoperation thereof and by roc ng the said' lever vthe cone 22 is movedV into or out of drivin engagement with the friction pulley 21. i

consequently the substantially conical members12-and 16 andthe container maybe'regu shaft 5, the said pulley being hel in ad- 'ust'ed vpositions by a suitable set screw 28.

vhe speed at whichthe had by Shifting receptacle 2, and the drain 30, which preferably has a valve 31 therein, is provided for permitting the draining of water from the receptacle 2.

of water is placed in the receptacle 2 and the clothesto be washed are placed in the container 14-after which the lever^ 25 is shifted to operatively connect the motor or prime mover with the shaft 5. The rotation of the conical member 16 will cause the out turned portions 19 to pick up and agithte the water or cleansing liquid in the receptacle 2, causing it to swirl upwardly within the i conical kmembers 16 and l2 being 'forced outwardly throughthe openings or perforations in the conicalmember 12 in substantially upward and circular paths at a relatively high pressure. The forcing ofs the water or cleansing liquid' through the .perforations 15, in the manner specified, willforce the water through Vthe clothes in the container 14 thoroughly cleansing them, and the water and foreign matter removedvv thereby from the clothes will pass out of the Iperforations in the container 14 into the, receptacle `where the water willl be again picked by the conical a itator 16 and` againy forced through the clot es, this operation being repeated until the clothes are thoroughly cleansed.- To assist the agitator 16 in etfectivel cleansing fluid e plates 32 are mounted, at diametrically op osed positions, 'n the and having their edges, adjacent the cone- 16, in close proximity thereto. The ba-iile f yplates 32 also act as an abutment -causing a retarding of the centrifu l action ofthe water inthe lower'portion of the receptacle '.2 permitting the 4foreign matter therein to settle at the bottom of the receptacle or tub 2 adjacent the baiiles from which it ma be drained o through thedrain 30. It will be seen thatthe parts of the washing portion of the improved washing machine may be easily dimbled to permit thorough cleaning of this structuref l y Y After the clothes are thoroughly cleansed or washed they may be removed from thecontainer 14 and placed-in the container '35 of the. drier structure of the machine. The container 35 is similar to the` container 14 being substantially cylindrical shape and having its side walls perforated as shown at 36 -while its upper-end is open .to permit sleeve 3 7 upturnedwt the center of through which the o eratingfsha'ftv nds. rThe upper-endo the sleeve 37 ,is anged as at 39 and a binding block 40 i's mounted thereon, being connected to the shaft by mof afthreaded stub 41 and portion. 4 2- fornied uponthe 1 central rectangu- In washing clothes, the necessary amount.'

icking up the water or a .receptacle f2, exten 'ng .vertically herein -as `set f orth i Having thus describedmy invention what 120 1 Iof the clothes therein. It also has a lar opening-in the binding block 40. The binding block 8 is also provided with a central rectangular opening which receives therein the reduced rectangular portion 8" of the drive shaft 5. An imperforate sheetv metal cone 43 is attached to `the binding block and to the uppersurface of the bottom 44 of the container 45 and acts as a shed,to guide the water upwardly for pas' sage out of thecontainer 35through the perl forations 36 duringrotary movement of the container. The shaft 38 has a frictional pulley 45 mounted thereon adapted for co-action with a friction cone 46 for rotating the container 35.` The friction cone46 is feathered 8" upon the upper shaft 23 `and is moved into and out of operative engagement with the friction pulley 45Aby operation of a lever 47. The lever 47 is connected to a shifting lever 48 which is positioned at one side of the bench or support 1l and is connected to the lever 47 b a link 49 and rod 50. When the clothes to he dried are placed-within the container 35 and the same is rotated the centrifugal action of the rotating container and clothes therein throws o' the' water from the clothesfwhich passes out of the container throughthe openings 36 and which is guided toward the drain 51 of the receptacle 3 by a substantially conical shed 52. A suitable, closure 54 1s provided for the receptacle 3;

From the fore oing descriptiontaken in connection witht e accompanying drawings it will be seen that after the clothes are thorughly cleansed in the container 14 they may 100 be rinsed either therein or removed thererom and rinsed and placed in the container 35 or el they may be rinsed after being placed in the container 35 by running clear water upon the clothes in the container 35 ma l during rotation thereof ,which will cause thorou h rinsing action of the clothes and after oroughly rinsed and the How of we ter cut oil' continued rotation of the container 35 will force the greater portion 'of the water 1w :out of the clothes b centrifugal action and eliminate the need o wringi the clothes or running them through an or inary wringer. It is," of course, to be understood that the invention may be constructed in various 5 other manners and the parts iated in different relations and, therefore, l do not desire to be limited in any manner ence t,

n the claims hereunto appende 1. In a washing machine, Ya fr. clothes container rotatable in a orizontal plane and provided with a relatively large opening in its bottom, aninverted cone atx25 tached to saidcontainer about the rim of said openig, saidiverted cone provided. with a plu it of slits extending longitudinally of,`its si e, the edges of said conev ad-4 jnt said slits being bea in opposa@ ai-, "mf

pick up and force water into said ing, an inverted cone attachedto said container, and provided with a plurality of slits in its side, the portions of said inverted cone adjacent to said slits bein bent in opposite directions to pick up an forcewater into and through said first-,named cone, and a sleeve connected to and connecting the apices of said cones.

3. In a Washing machine, a perforated 'clothes container, rotatable in a horizontal planeand provided with a relatively large opening in its bottom, a perforated cone Within said container and having its base attachedy to the container about said opening, an inverted cone attachedto said contamer, and provided with a plurality of slits in its side, the portions of said inverted cone adjacent to said slits being bent in opposite directions to pick up and force Water through and into said first named cone, and a sleeve connected to and connecting'l the apices of said cones, a housing encasing said clothes container and cones, means for rotatin said clothes ntainer and cones, and Spee regulating means for regulating the speed of rotation of' said container and cones.

4, In a washing machine, a rotary perforated clothes container rotatable in a horizontal plane, a perforated cone within said container, an inverted cone attached to said container and provided with a plurality of 'slits extending longitudinally of its side, the edges of said cone adjacent said slits being bent in opposite direction to pick up and force Water into and through said first named cone, -and means for rotating said container and cones.

'In testimony whereof I alix my signature` HARVEY L. WHEELER. 

